recommendations for cheap or inexspensive lenses around 200-240mm

[Jason Greenberg Motamedi]

Modern f5.6 multicoated plasmats (Symmar-S, Nikkor-W, Sironar-N, et cetera) are great all purpose lenses.
They regularly sell for less than $200.

[Alan Gales]

At the wider end I paid less than $200 for my Schneider Super Angulon 121mm f/8 lens in a later Compur shutter. It's sharp and has huge coverage for 4x5. It fits on a Copal 0 board but it isn't a small lens.

It's similar to a 35mm lens on a 35mm camera or full frame DSLR.

[Jim Jones]

203mm ektars are dirt cheap and bloody sharp, and weigh nothing. Whats not to like?

Yes, indeed. It is my most often used lens on 4x5 for 40 years. Its 5x7 coverage and macro performance is sometimes an additional asset.

[Imagowan]

Can't seem to find any ektars

[Gem Singer]

You already own a Nikon 150W. Why not match it with a Nikon 210W and a Nikon 90SW?

You would have the ideal lens set for your 4x5 Cham.

[IanG]

Can't seem to find any ektars

MWClassic in the UK has two for sale, they are both in Kodak Epsilon shutter, so Mount 370 which essentially means they were UK made and #0 shutter compatible, later Kodak used the Prontor SVS shutter and the last few were in the more modern Compur.

Ian

[angusparker]

You already own a Nikon 150W. Why not match it with a Nikon 210W and a Nikon 90SW?

You would have the ideal lens set for your 4x5 Cham.

+1 Best to stick with one lens brand and a max filter size. I like a modern copal shutter too. Nikon lenses are great.

[ruilourosa]

g-claron 210 / 240 with lenscap shutter, will cover 8x10

[hiend61]

You already own a Nikon 150W. Why not match it with a Nikon 210W and a Nikon 90SW?

You would have the ideal lens set for your 4x5 Cham.

+1, both are excellent lenses, small and both use 67mm filters. With an inexpensive 52-67 filter adapter you can use 67mm filters on your 150. The 90/8 SW is a great lens, small and with a 236mm image circle, only available in much bigger and expensive 90mm wide angle lenses. If you shot color slide film or feel you need a center filter to correct fall off, a 67mm center filter is much more affordable and easier to find than a 82mm centerfilter which is the filter size of Nikkor SW 90/4,5, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 90/4,5, and Schneider Super Angulon 90/5,6. All these lenses have a 235-236mm image circle, but are much bigger and expensive than the Nikkor SW 90/8.

[Dan Fromm]

Can't seem to find any ektars

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kodak-Ektar-...-/251547601385
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kodak-Ektar-...-/191195400548

Look and you will find. A little patience will help too, the market for used lenses is thin.